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Date: 02 June 2009 14:21:26
I had an interesting evening. I was in a roomful of friends with a nice balance of shared views and not-shared views. Of course if everybody thinks the same then there's no challenge and no interest. And if everybody has extremely differing views then there's no common ground to communicate through. But that evening the balance was right, and one could expect to put forward a view and get interesting feedback on it. Some of that you would disagree with, some you'd agree, and some was so outside your mental framework that it would take some time to know whether you agreed or disagreed. In short, a good discussion took place. It was particularly good for me, because I'd been starting to feel nervous about going out, starting to feel nervous about my own thoughts and whether my ideas and opinions were remotely interesting or trustworthy. That downhill process did, unfortunately, continue after that evening, but it's probably safe to say that it arrested the process somewhat, even if only temporarily.